Any penholders out there?

There's tons of penholders around here. As for rubbers... search around there are about a million topics on this. Generally they will tell you you sticky chinese rubbers for forehand and jap/euro rubbers for backhand.

I am a penholder from south america( chile)but I live here in usa. at first I was c-pen,then moved to j-pen and know I am back with c- pen with rpb.mm about your set-up I recomend you to put something a little bit faster on your forehand, try my juic 999 ultima with speed glue,, you will like it. for your backhand you might need a fast and light japanese .DHS PF4-1. is way to hard and it is not suitable for rpb. PF4 was good in the old times but now became useless, unles you are a hitter.

Hey, Ikaros, the light jap rubbers that you were talking about, do you have a specific one in mind. Because I am not really sure how to tell apart jap and euro rubbers. I know tibhar is mainly European, but I am not sure about the jap rubbers. Thanks.

if chinese style have something chinese in your fh, it could be something like hurricane.  Bh i would go for sriver el, or anything that is elastic and not too soft or too hard (medium is really fine!).  don't get anything sticky or tacky because you don't want the dwell time for your rpb.  if u don't want to spend a lot, i really recommend sriver el.  i've tried many chinese rubbers and they are usually not good for rpb so I stopped looking.  don't get fx el, that is really slow for rpb and i mean very slow even for beginners.  fx doesn't feel right and i don't understand why people want something light just because they prefer to have something light for their penhold.  u r supposed to have some weight for your penhold and a little heavy is always better.  if you are an attacker then you want something heavy.  the weight provides you a better sense of touch for the new 40 mm ball.   

729-3 on 1.3 (or is it 1.5? i keep forgetting) cannon sponge is really good for rpb. very fast. but i stay close to the table, maybe once you go away, its hard to use.

i penhold and i'm chinese...
but my paddle is shakehand ... lolol

Are Sriver and Bryce as durable as Mendo MP? How long do the friendship rubbers usually last? thanks

i would not use pf41 on your bh go with sriver el 1.9 if you like dhs go with h3 i have tried 729 cream on the bh it works well also and so does mendo mp just use a 1.9 or thinner sponge

 depends on your game if it is for the backhand i like sriver el the best 

Im cpen player, I use globe 999 on fh and wang nan js and I use kalinic penhold for a blade. I dont use of any type of speed glue

one more thing...  Don't be forced into using a sticky chinese rubber on your forehand. Its not always the best option for some people. I know some very good penholders that use Bryce and Magna on their forehands. Both these guys switched from using sticky chink rubbers aswell.

So yeh... experimenting is the best way.

What do you think about the Bty Senkoh-1 comparing to other J-pen blades?

 

Kokutaku staycher?? What brand is it from? Do you have a pic? I have heard of it before and I am very curious. Post info, thanks!

I'm a Chinese Penholder

using H2 or H3 Black, with #20 sponge @ 2.15mm on my FH

using Striver EL 2.1mm Red on my bh

Yasaka Extra Chinese Penhold blade

I am a penholder living in Houston, Texas. I like 729 6030 wood blade with 729 Faster on FH and 729FX on BH.